King Lars Porsena (also spelled Porsenna) was the Etruscan monarch of Clusium (modern Chusi, Tuscany) during the transitional period in which Rome changed its...
Emperor Constantine V was the son of Emperor Leo III of Constantinople (r. 717-741), a ruler who brought much-needed stability to the Byzantine Empire...
This painting, by the Italian artist Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (c. 1696–1770), strives to re-create (albeit with some historically inaccurate wardrobe choices) an early encounter...
Lucius Cornelius Sulla (138-78 BCE)
“Remember—this young man who you have been so desperate to save will one day destroy the aristocracy you have worked...
Confucius (c. 551-479 BCE)
"One who will study for three years
Without thought of reward
would be hard indeed to find."
The Analects of Confucius (Book VIII,...
